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Congress leaders Ghulam Nabi Azad, Anand Sharma and Mallikarjun Kharge attended a meeting where top Union ministers and officials briefed the political parties on the standoff between India and China.

Using maps and a power-point presentation, Jaishankar told Opposition leaders that although the dispute is between China and Bhutan, the Chinese are constructing roads near the worldwide border, which affects India's strategic interests, said sources. CPI (M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury said that while he supported the Government's efforts to resolve the standoff through diplomatic channels, India should let Bhutan take the lead in negotiating with China.

India should understand its future lies in Asia and not as an ally of the U.S., stated Chinese newspaper Global Times in a recent op-ed.

NDA ally Shiv Sena leader Anandrao Adsul said the government need to be more aggressive in dealing with China.

Opposition leaders have been critical of the government for its handling of the China and Kashmir issues. Sharma said that Congress made its view clear that national security was the priority and advised the government to rise above politics and tackle the situation diplomatically.

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Sharad Pawar, also a former defence minister, said India could borrow a leaf from China and be patient in resolving the face-off without resorting to hasty actions.

As per the media reports India continues to upgrade its nuclear arsenal and redraft its nuclear doctrine with a primary focus on China, earlier the nuclear strategy of India used to be traditionally Pakistan being at the center stage. "They have promised to support government over the issue".

The Opposition is also likely to corner the government on raids by investigating agencies on leaders of Opposition parties, like Trinamool leaders and Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad Yadav and his family members.

But AIADMK parliamentarian A Navaneethakrishnan said they are satisfied with the government's response. "We did not get answers", he said.

Headlined "If this can be tolerated, what cannot?", the editorial from September 22, 1962, short of a month before the 1962 Sino-Indian war broke out, stated that the "Chinese people would not tolerate the provocation by the Indian Army", according to a People's DailyOnline article titled "People's Daily to India: Borderline is bottom line". Indian apprehension is that any boundary deal between Thimpu and Beijing will not only impact Indian security but also impinge on its own negotiating position with China on the boundary issue. "We have faith in the decisions being taken at the border", he told reporters here. Doka La is the Indian name for the region which Bhutan recognises as Dokalam, while China claims it as part of its Donglang region.

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